Let's talk about the Pixel 2 XL's display controversy

For the most part, we came away very impressed with the Google Pixel 2/Pixel 2 XL. The phones aren't perfect, but then again, no phone is. The Pixel 2 XL comes equipped with a 6-inch 2880 x 1440 pOLED LG display, and while that sounds great on paper, people's reception to it has been all over the place.

Right now, there are two main complaints with the Pixel 2 XL's display – its viewing angles and "dull" colors. The former of those two complaints has to do with the LG panel itself, but the numerous reports of colors looking washed out is a result of Google purposefully calibrating the display to an sRGB profile. Google says that this allows the Pixel 2 XL's display to be more color accurate than competing devices, and while this might be true, the initial reception isn't entirely positive.

Here's what some of our forum users have to say.

jdunker26

10-18-2017 03:48 PM

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I think I'm going to cancel my pre-order of the XL. I just can't spend almost $1,000 on a phone with issues like this.

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anon(9072051)

10-18-2017 03:59 PM

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i just got mine. I'm setting it up right now. It's a keeper! Yeah, I can see the off-axis blue. Hell, I can even see it head-on for now on all-white pages. It's still a beautiful screen despite its shortcomings. I believe I'll get used to the tint, and I'm sure to theme it with Swift Black eventually anyway.
Incidentallly, I think turning off Vivid Colors helps to cut back on the blue a...

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codeda

10-18-2017 05:05 PM

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Guessing it might bother some more than others depending on how they use their phone too. Like mine is kept on a stand on my desk at work all day and it does rest at a slight angle. BUT I’m also not looking at white screens all the time. Usually playing videos or something while I’m working. Even when I saw it at the store I didn’t think it was a deal breaker, but the smaller pixel did have...

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svenEDGE

10-18-2017 05:31 PM

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I saw the display before I saw all of the talk of how bad the display is. This is for sure not being blown out of proportion. Whether or not the screen looks bad to your eye is a different story. I can confirm that for myself, the display is as bad as the worst reports say. The fact that the display is the component of the phone that you use more than any other component, makes it very important...

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I'll share some more in-depth thoughts of my own later next week, but until then, we'd like to know – What do you think about the Pixel 2 XL's display?

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Let's talk about the Pixel 2 XL's display controversy

Just received my Pixel 2 XL today, and have been putting it through its paces. I have to say, hoooooly crap has this all been way blown out of proportion. I'd love to comment on some of these seemingly biased sites about it, but don't have the patience to wait 24 hours post-account sign up, so whatever. I'm guessing we are either in the throes of pro-apple/anti-google journalism, or people are so coddled nowadays that they need all of their subjective idiosyncrasies addressed in a product for it to be deemed worthy. Maybe it's that we have bred a soft and weak subset of humanity that are too sensitive to slightly cooler color palettes. I sure hope this experience hasn't caused them irreparable occular distress... Can they muster the strength to carry on living?!

Zero graininess and no banding. Yes there is a slight, very, very, very slight cool, dare I say bluish hue to the screen at non-direct viewing angles. If this bothers you truly, you have bigger problems in life and should probably talk to someone. No blotch, and the muted colors I find somewhat refreshing. I can understand that having a clownish orgasm of colors in your face appeals to some, but for me... No. This is, however, subjective, and if you crave that type of intensity, this might not be the phone for you. If, on the other hand, you appreciate quality tech done right and can get past entitled nitpicking about pretty much nothing, this phone is awesome.

I'm sure it's blown way out of proportion, the sheep in this country amaze me, canceling pre orders like a bunch of entitled babies because their comparing color profiles to another manufacturer. I have a v30 and waiting for my Pixel XL 2 to arrive, prior to my v30 I had the note 8. I loved the screen on my note 8 and love the screen on my v30, they are both really nice and I'm sure I'll love the screen on the PXL2. Just enjoy the device, be thankful we all can have these material things in life and look forward to all the great things this new phone can accomplish. Professor you are dead on with your post!

Don't have my xl 2 yet but turned on sRGB on my current xl to see if it would bug me and it doesn't and I actually kinda like it. The colors are indeed just slightly muted. Not sure if it will be exactly the same until I get the new phone and I obviously can't comment on the blue tilt issue. I'm also a graphic designer but that doesn't give me any more authority on the matter. Just maybe an appreciation for something different. I'm chalking this screen thing up to personal preference.

Take the Pixel 2XL outside along with a Samsung Galaxy S8. Turn on their cameras and hold them up so they see the same scene. Now look at the scene itself. You will see that the Pixel image is more true to life than the Galaxy. Samsung's punched up images look good but they aren't true to life.

Your statement is very true however IMO when we look at a computer screen or phone screen we are looking at an artificial interface, not real life so I think that's why many tend to like the punchier colors that pop. The whole invention of HD TV brought out extreme colors and definition in TV that in real life we wouldn't see at that level of saturation and depth. Watch a scene of a beautiful scenic location on a 4k TV and then go to that location in real life you'll see its not as picturesque. Maybe not everytime but sometimes. Idk maybe I'm wrong but that's my thoughts.

I'm probably one of the few that gets a new TV and immediately turns the brightness and color down by about a third and then holds his hand up to the screen and adjusts for accurate flesh tones. If you took my TV into BB it would probably look "washed out" too, but people look much more like people than out-of-the-box orange cartoons (unless you're looking at Donald Trump).

This is the idea of "value". Without it people are prone to be disappointed. I have been very curious about the pixel 2xl and I own the Note 8. I was able to put them side by side over the last few days and match the pixel easily with the note but I can only do this on the Note the pixel is bound to be what it is far as I can see.
The pixel likened to a sound system wood be like a basic radio and the note is like a sound system with an EQ you can adjust to your liking that most people leave stuck on overblown settings but the key is you have a choice if you look.
The pixel issue is not anymore overblown than the comments people make about other manufacturers the only issue here is that I think a lot of people assume that Google can do no wrong so many will get bent out of shape if anything other than stellar reviews are expressed. After playing with it over the last few days I found it to be an ok phone with a good camera but I believe it will be the most overrated and undersold phone of the year. It's saving grace is that it will receive lots of updates but in actual use it doesn't feel any snappier than phones with smaller price tags it sights amongst.

The Pixel 2 is set for accuracy but there's a setting that easily lets you punch up the color to look like a Samsung. And then there are all the manual tweaks you can do. So Pixel 2 has just as much color choice as Note, just a different default.

This reminds me of people who love Bose home theater products. They get used to the artificial, punched up mids that Bose offers and then consider another system that is designed to have a flat response "boring".

Personally, I'll take accurate colors over over-saturated artificiality any day.

Works both ways. People enjoy what they enjoy. What someone pays money for in the end is an experience they can live with. Neither is wrong. The ideal is a system robust enough to have adaptable options.

Actually not true. There's something real called "color accuracy", and it's the basis for all color calibration. There's a right and wrong when it comes to color reproduction.

That said, plenty of people prefer inaccuracy to truth and realism. You see it in politics, religion and society in general. People like what makes them feel good, no matter the veracity. Just don't confuse wish thinking with truth.

Google fanboyism is probably the worst existing. These excuses for screen issues are pathetic. I wonder what would be the reaction if Samsung's Note 8 had these problems? I am disgusted with reaction of Google funboys. They do deserve Pixel XL2. They wouldn't recognize greatness even if it was in front of their nose.

Lol even the comment section is split! I'm gonna say tho that the display probably won't be an issue for me even tho I don't get my phone till tomorrow so I haven't seen it yet. Nothing can be worse the Nexus 6P I owned a couple years ago that half of the screen was yellow-white while the other half was pink-white at all brghtness levels (reading articles was almost unbearable) and there were still qualities of that screen that I liked enought to keep the phone for a whole year until I got the OG Pixel XL. Before that I had Sony so I've dealt with the more muted LCD colors before too which only bothered me because of black levels which won't be an issue here either. TL;DR I'm pretty sure the screen will look good for me haha

Just came back from the Verizon store and wow the difference between the two screens is drastic. I pulled up mlb.com on both phones and put them side to side. The XL's whites look gray and the 2 just looks great. We brought a V30 next to the XL as well and the V30 was just as good if not better than the 2. Ended up buying a Pixel 2 rather than the 2 XL. Such a shame because I think the XL is a much nicer looking phone but that screen is not right.

I got my 2XL yesterday. I haven't made it my daily yet because I'm waiting for accessories. I'm paranoid about damaging a phone. But I have tested the screen out as much as I can in my limited time. Took it into a bathroom without lights on, turned the brightness all the way down, and noticed...nothing, but a screen that can get really low on brightness. I don't see banding. I don't see screen door. I do see the blue light off-axis, but it doesn't bother me. I don't notice anything when I'm staring right at it. Plus, when I compare this phone to my 6s Plus, I feel like this thing is from the future, and my iPhone might as well be attached to a bag in my car.

When the S8 came out didn't the screen have a red hue issue? it was apparently fixed in an update and I'm sure what ever short comings people are nit picking about the screen on the Pixel 2 XL can resolved the same way, seems to me people have very short memories. Samsung in fact is years behind LG in term of screen technologies and is clinging to LCD while the rest of the industry moves forward with OLED, not quite sure where people are getting their intel from but LG has been ahead for many years in that regard.

I have my Pixel XL toggled to RGB on like my 6P before it. I'll reserve judgement until I see a 2 XL in person.

I am concerned that a lot of what I'm reading here and elsewhere is overly defensive of Google. From what I read in Vlad's recent article in the Verge, he said photos looked very washed out when compared with these same Photos viewed on his MacBook Pro. That is a very accurate display. I want an accurate display that does not have skewed greys or over saturated colors. I'm even ok with temperatures as warm as 6500K NTSC standard. This not mean that the images should be grainy or dull.

Glad I went with the Pixel 2 this year, coming from the Pixel XL, but not because of the screen. I’ve been to a couple of Verizon’s to check them out this week, until my Pixel 2 arrives tomorrow, and if I wanted the big phone this year, I’d be just fine.

One handed ease of use is what I wanted this year. Now, if Google had given the XL a secondary telephoto camera and maybe an additional 2Gb’s of RAM to go toward 3 years of future proofing, I would have probably been swayed to the larger model this year.

Hopefully, next year, the two models will be back under one manufacturer with Google’s purchase of a portion of HTC.

This year is great, but I think that the 3rd year of the Pixel is going to be a big deal for the Pixel line and the Google ecosystem. I’ll enjoy this year and look very forward to the fall of next year.

I have played with the pixel XL two on a few occasions in store to find it to be very bland looking. Bland looking and assumed that it was just the default settings or perhaps the way pixel was supposed to look. It reminded me of an old iPhone. Anyone committed to purchase will probably overlook this but it does look allot more like an old ips screen.

I know there is all sorts of issues with the screen on the XL, has anyone had any issues with the regular Pixel 2? Got mine yesterday, and having it side by side with my of Pixel XL, the colors looked washed out and faded compared to the XL...

I'm hoping mine just has a bad screen... If not, I'm going to be keeping my Pixel XL and returning my brand new Pixel 2!!

Cancelled my 2 XL order in part due to the screen issues but also due to lack of headphone jack, no wireless charging and no SD card expansion, The biggest ones for me (in addition to the screen issues) is the lack of a headphone jack. That's just plain stupid (IMO). If Google had given us the same display options to adjust the screen settings as LG does with the V30, the screen issues would be removed. NOW looking forward to what the HTC U11 Plus will give us. That probably SHOULD have been the 2 XL.

I wouldn't pay $1000 and have to compromise on something like the quality of the screen. i'm not afraid to spend money - I bought a Note 8, same price - better quality. Pixel and Nexus phones require too much messing with to get them usable - I don't buy a phone as a project, I don't want to tinker with it - I just want it to work and work great, especially for the price

Yeah, I get the crappy LG display complaints (so happy that it seems Google is gonna drop them) but the accurate color complaint is insane. The iPhone is often lauded for having very accurate colors on its display, on the other hand the Galaxy line is often derided for having super saturated colors that may be pleasing but are not accurate. Google goes the Apple route and all of a sudden people (coughvergecough) don't like accurate displays. I understand if you want a display that pops, it LOOKS awesome, but it is entirely a preference thing.

On the Nexus 6p you can turn srgb on or off in the options. The phone comes with it off. So in the pixel XL can this be turned off or on and if so what is the big deal. If it can be turned off and you like that better then turn it off.

Working in graphic design, I switched my Pixel XL to sRGB for color accuracy and to reduce the strain on my eyes. I love it. I don't like the over saturated, enhanced brightness of the standard screens today.

I think its the same AMOLED display that is now the flagship standard. I would guess Pixel users and some people moving to Android, or to a flagship for the first time, or coming from an LCD phone, will have no complaints. People moving from other high-end AMOLED phones, particularly Samsung, won't be satisfied. For me its moot, one of the main reasons I left Apple was having to pay $100 for expanded storage. My base G5 has 152 GB, and could have more if I chose so. Until Pixel offers that, its not on my list.

Rene is having fun tweeting all the hand picked articles about the screen. I understand legitimate complaints from many people but man that guy is just trolling and shameful for a guy running a mobile nations Apple related site.

I mentioned in the forums as well, it's not the best for sure let's say like the Note 8 screen but if you didn't know about all these complaints you will not even notice anything about screen being bad. It's fine, sure you can argue you are paying $900-$1000 and want the best. Agree, but every phone something or the other is not the best. With Pixel it's the screen, but it makes up so much in software, performance, camera etc not having the best screen is a negative point sure but not a deal breaker.

He is so insecure it is embarrassing at this point. He is a fanboy, pure and simple. I muted him on Twitter a long time ago because he is so incredibly biased that you have to take anything he says about phones with a grain of salt the size of a boulder. Dude is a blemish on an otherwise stellar organization. Here is the thing though, Apple fans love people like him, he brings in them clicks when he craps on the competition because Apple fosters this belief among its hardcore fans that their choice of phone/computer/tablet makes them better than everybody else. He is the ideal Apple fanboy that all other fanboys aspire to.

I went in to the store and and didn't notice any issue with the screen on the pixel 2 XL except for the fact that the corners are rounded a little aggressively. But I could surely get used to that. I'm not worried about the tint because it wasn't enough to notice on my own.

So, i'm going to plead willful ignorance here and say - i just turned sRGB on my 6P for the first time in 2 years... I suppose to get myself ready for the 2 XL coming my way, but regardless of that, in no way am I going to cancel because of some picky display people.
Honestly, I may like the muted colors more. This could be crazy, but I feel like it makes icons look more lifelike in the way that I've always felt iPhone home screens & icons looked - but could never really put my finger on why iPhone icons look so different.

I turned on sRGB on my XL and it took me about a day to get used to it, now I can't stand turning it off. I totally agree, I always wondered why I thought my GF's iPhone 6 screen looked better than my phone, then I got the Pixel and turned on sRGB and I realized why.

Just did the same on my Pixel XL (of). I absolutely hate the sRGB mode at first glance. Bright clean whites are suddenly dingy with a hint of brown. I'll leave it this way the rest of the day to see if my eyes adapt.

Oddly, I just did the same on my 6P and I see no change at all in the whites for system screens and notifications shade. Weird.

Great tip! I've just done the same on my 6P ahead of receiving my 2 XL.

I played with the XL in the store this past Saturday and I specifically scrutinized the screen. I did see the blue shift when angled. Other than that, I thought the XL looked and especially felt in the hand like the true successor to the 6P.

"This could be crazy, but I feel like it makes icons look more lifelike...."

Imagining icons in real life is a bit crazy. How would we interact with them? Do they have appendages or are they just squares? Do they have depth or do they have zero extent in the z axis? The mind boggles.

What do you do the most with your phone? View the display. For a gee whiz I would much rather invest in the note8. At least I know how beautiful the display is. Now you've got a display problem to go along with the back ordering headache! Yikes!

It looks like it's an attempt to smear LG. V30 reviews have been out over a month plus with only criticism on some low light viewing on the screen at times. Now the Pixel XL 2 is out and all of a sudden this pops up??? Didn't hear anything bad about the screen when it was publicly announced and shown. I honestly think there's those out there really trying to keep LG from being more of a major player in the market that it can be.

Glad to see and hearing positive experience. However it's understandable for some to be concerned. Many of these YouTube videos are not doing the pixel XL 2 any justice when showing screen comparison. I still plan on keeping my order, I like to judge for myself.

I went to a Verizon store to check them out before this whole screen thing came out and I didn't even notice it. So safe to say it wouldn't be an issue for me. I plan on going with the smaller one anyway though so moot point.

Just got the smaller one last night and notice the color change thing at different angles. Seems like the blues come out more at certain angles, and more so with "Night Light" mode enabled (to get more of a red hue). But I'm not convinced it's the display, could be something above the display like how AMOLED screens are built.?. (Coming from an LCD screen on my HTC One M8.)

I'm wondering if all this blue tint thing has something to do with whatever they did to make the screen so you can see it with polarized sunglasses on, wasn't that a marketing point or am I confusing this with another phone? Someone with a physics/optics background weigh in here?

It's amazing what people will say to justify spending that much on a phone. "Oh, it's more accurate or Well, it's just that the clearly nicer looking Samsung displays are so oversaturated". Whatever. Just accept that it's a garbage display in an overpriced phone. This phone screams beta experiment and you are actually paying to be part of that...

Jesus. The value of the device depends on the person, how are we still having this stupid discussion. I'm not even going to try and defend a sub par display, what I am going to say is that some people prefer a subpar display to performance that degrades after a month of use. Or they prefer fast updates to the best display on the market. Or they prefer this thing to that thing. It is all about what is important to you. You haters are unreal.

I think with most folks being used to the vibrant punchy colors of Samsung this is what causes a lot of the issues for some people. I checked out both the regular Pixel 2 and the XL 2 at Verizon last week. I would say the colors look better on the smaller Pixel 2 but the XL 2 was really no worse or better than my OG Pixel XL. I've used mine for the past year and look at it every day and haven't had an issue so would see no reason to be bothered by the XL 2. Now put it next to a Note 8 or S8 and yes it does look poor.

To me colour accuracy sounds more important than vivid colour pop. One complaint I had with the Galaxy s8 was trying to edit photos on the phone and when they were viewed elsewhere the colours were off because I'd been working with the saturated s8 screen. This shouldn't be an issue with the Pixel 2 XL seeing as accuracy is the aim BUT reading Vlad from The Verge review of the screen he complained that his photos looked washed out and skin looked very pale until he viewed them on a pc monitor and they looked much better. This leaves me a tad conflicted. I've never seen the screen in person yet and I don't intend to continually do side by side comparisons with other phones so it won't be an issue for me there and I'll enjoy it for what it is. With all the complaints so far about it I'll guarantee Google will have issued an update to give more colour/saturation options by the time I get mine anyway.

We'll my LG V30 does have lowlight issues with a hotspot on the middle right portion of the screen and some branding, but at anything over 40% brightness I can't notice it no matter how hard I look, and the screen is vibrant, colorful, and bright otherwise. I'm going to look at other units to see if this is a consistent issue, but it's a compromise I can make for this phone.

After going into a Verizon store, I'm definitely on the fence right now. I don't think the colors look muted at all. The display's color rendition and tone seem absolutely gorgeous to me. The only time you notice the color shift is if you happen to have an over saturated Samsung phone sitting right next to it.

The thing that did bother me was the blue tint. It is not that bad when looking at constantly shifting images and darker photographs, but when you are looking at a white page with text it is incredibly and painfully obvious. I cannot believe that these kinds of issues are even a discussion in 2017. The tint at even slight angles on this display is honestly so bad that I believe it shouldn't have ever come to market.

Additionally, video hosting sites (even Google's own YouTube) still haven't figured how to do video properly on the 2:1 screen size, which annoys me to no end. It's ridiculous to have letterboxing on both the top and bottom and the sides.

I'm still trying to decide if putting up with the display is worth it for all the other wonderful aspects of this phone, and if I can live with this display for at least a year or more. I'll probably give it a test drive for about a week and see. I've been spoiled so much by my Note 5 (probably my favorite phone I've ever owned) that the Pixel is going to have to do a lot to win me over.

The screen worries me coming from a SATURATED S8, lol. The S8 screen was super bright, and the color looked great aside from some over saturation.

But you're blaiming youtube for not filling the screen of a 2:1 aspect ratio? Videos are recorded at 16:9. And there should be an option to fill the screen. Well, the S8 did. But why crop off the edges of the video? Yeah I know the digital bezel is ugly, but you can't do anything about video that's been recorded at 16:9. That's why I'm thinking the edge to edge display is just a gimmick. Good for User Interface and all...but videos...no.

The black bars on the sides for videos that are 16x9 isn't that bad. It's videos that are wider than 16x9 that are the problem. Those could be scaled up to fill the screen and not crop anything. The new Star Wars trailer is a good example.

I'm not mad about not filling the screen. I'd rather have letterboxing than the image being stretched or cutting out parts of the video to fit. The thing that frustrates me is getting letterboxing on ALL 4 sides of the video. A lot of superwide, cinematic aspect ratio videos are already pre-letterboxed to fit a 16:9 screen, and then you get the Pixel's letterboxing on top of that. Suddenly your videos look tiny. No good.

I guarantee that ~99% of those complaining about the display have never seen it in person. I checked it out at the VZW store the other night and it looks fine. Most seem to be complaining that it doesn't have the fake over-saturation of the Samsung displays. I thought it looked really natural, and photos and videos looked great on it. Surprisingly, the demo that VZW had loaded on the phone looked amazing. I really think people are overreacting to this "issue".

Same. After reading all the hysteria from some of the review sites, which have to find some criticism in order to appear balanced, I decided to just put the device to the eye test and see it for myself. With my own Pixel XL in hand, I went to the nearest VZW and compared them side by side...and the Pixel 2 XL looks fine. I'm using my current device in sRGB mode, so I generally lean more towards muted colors.

I did notice the viewing angles (mainly because I was testing them), but this is a non-issue, for me. When I use my phone I almost always look directly at it. For years I've heard "viewing angles" voiced as a complaint, but the fact is, it's not a television sitting in my family room where I'm trying to entertain a group of people sitting apart-- it's a personal device, held inches from my face.

So yeah, keeping my preorder. It's an outstanding device and once it becomes my daily driver, I'll adapt to it like I've done with every single phone, tablet or display I've had in my life.

I agree. I've been to the Verizon Store twice in the last week and spent plenty of time with the 2XL. It's not an issue for me. This will be my first non-LCD screen, so it does look different than my LG G4 screen. I thought the V30's screen was a little brighter/better, but it was very slight. It won't stop me from getting the 2XL.

99%? Simply not true. Some yes, but the phones are publicly available to view in Verizon stores right now. I've looked at two different floor models, the first a week ago and the second at a different store yesterday. Didn't notice anything significant on the first one, the second one was a completely different story. Most OLED panels have a color shift at extreme angles but the 2XL very obviously has the shift occur at less extreme angles and the hue is darker than other phones I've looked at. Whether it's a QC issue or a characteristic of all of these LG OLED panels is yet to be seen, but it's definitely there. The question is does your personal preference care about it.

ALL of the complaints I have seen are from the reviewers that have been using the device, and these are trusted reviewers. Some have even provided evidence of how terrible the screen is, comparing it to the Pixel 2 which is using a Samsung panel, so I have not doubt that the screen is indeed terrible. It is an LG panel and they are years behind Samsung with regards to their PLED technology, these are indisputable facts.

However, to the untrained eye, the reports of the screen WILL vary, for you, it may look fine, another individual looking at the same screen may find it terrible, that is where the variation will come in

I'm sorry to tell you that not the case. You might not mind it and that's your decision. But this screen is worse than the original pixel XL screen. And worse than any screen I've used in the past few years.

The color shift is distracting and just can't he ignored. maybe many will be able to live with it BUT it's an issue and it's there. BTW I'm typing this on my pixel 2 XL.

IDK I'm just trying to see how this is a valid upgrade from my original pixel XL which has a better screen and most of the same features.

You might want to check out the display part of the review at ARS Technica. Apparently some of the issues that are present on the V30 (which apparently are carried over from the G Flex 1&2) are present on the XL 2. They apparently have screen blotches (light and dark spots) present in the display. It's especially noticeable in lower light, and they mentioned the problem might be exacerbated on VR like the Daydream View (since it magnifies the screen).

Ive been using my original Pixel XL in sRGB mode for some time and it doesnt bother me (Developer Settings - Picture Color Mode). Sitting right next to my Nexus 6P it is muted but when i have it out by itself if looks great. I kind of like the none vivid colors and usually keep my screen at a very dim brightness level too. My 2 XL gets here today so ill be able to compare then but I dont think it will be a problem for me.

I've been playing with it for a little bit...and while it does look different than my previous S8.... definitely not a deal breaker for me. I am very pleased with this phone at the moment, less than 8 hours in.

lol, I'm hoping people keep cancelling so that I can actually get my order placed for the white and black version. I can see how this can be annoying so I might just go pick one up from Verizon and give it back to them before the 14 day period, and if the display checks out in my eyes, I will place my order online for the unlocked version.